Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	127% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B61
Motherboard	MSI Z370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B61) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '18 at 06:54
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 90.7 1-Core 141 2-Core 284 94% 172 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 941 90% 744 Pts	64-Core 1,150 71% 1,150 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 134 Parallax 114 102% 124 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 114 Splatting 102 85% 104 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 439GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 469 469 474 482 480 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 473 Mixed 370 SusWrite 472 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 57.9 201% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 335 259% 353 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 124%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 274GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1430 1465 1460 1463 1469 1472 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 1,898 Write 1,434 Mixed 843 SusWrite 1,460 315% 1,409 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 62.3 215% 80.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,171 DQ Write 409 DQ Mixed 462 427% 681 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 283%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 1x16GB 951 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	46.9% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 13.7 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 15.9 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 52%

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 91%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 85%

Aircraft carrier

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	338x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	247x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	187x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	379x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	179x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	165x

Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $834

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16